Astellas Pharma, the second largest Japanese pharma firm after Takeda, plans on scooping up the biopharma Iveric Bio for roughly $1.7 billion. Iveric focuses on discovering and developing novel therapies for retinal diseases, for approximately $1.7 billion. Astellas believes the acquisition of Iveric Bio will strengthen its standing in the ophthalmology market, by adding the…
Verana Health launches Qdata anti-VEGF market tracker for in-depth market analysis
Digital health company Verana Health (San Francisco) has unveiled the Qdata anti-VEGF market tracker. It is their first market tracking Data as a Service (DaaS) product. Excessive amounts of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) can cause abnormal blood vessel growth in the eyes, which, when untreated, can result in vision loss in patients with retinal diseases.…